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Head of a Kouros

575–550 B.C.
FindspotNaukratis, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueGypsum
DimensionsHeight: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number88.730
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1886-7: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; December 22, 1887, presented to the MFA by the EEF. (Accession date: 1888).
Kouros
about 575–550 B.C.
Kouros
about 575–550 B.C.
Effigy head
before 6th century B.C.
Recumbent lion
305–30 B.C.
Seated Man
William Rimmer
1831
Cast of an inscription
1349–1336 B.C.
Plaster mask of Nimaatra
2350–2194 B.C.
Relief: battle scene
705–681 B.C.